Heatwave: Summer of '76
Heatwave: Summer of '76
The story of the 1976 drought, when gardens burned, communities depended upon communal standpipes for their water, and Brits were urged to 'bath with a friend'. For government, industry and the elderly, the drought had deadly ramifications, but for those who were young, the memories remain halcyon and hedonistic
Heatwave: Summer of '76 airs on 5 HD at 4:30 PM, Sunday 27 April. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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